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Mr. West (Greenwich), exhibited a larjj^e nuiiibor of insects 

 collected ut Great Yarmouth, from June 13th to 25th, com- 

 prising eight}-four species of Coleoptera, eighteen Heniip- 

 tera, and three species of TenthrediniiUe. Among the 

 Coleoptera were : Donacia dcntipes, D. tluiliissiiui, D, simplex, 

 D. vulgaris, D. scricea, Erirhinus ncrcisy Galeruca cabnaricusis, 

 Polydnisiis conjincns, Scirtcs liciiiispJiiO'icits, and Hippuriphila 

 nioilcei'i ? 



Among the Hemiptera were Pliigiog)uiihits piilidiriKs, P. 

 Siiltitiiiis, Pii'cilocytiis x^iihu'iitiis, a species recently added to the 

 British list by Mr. Thouless, and Oiiychuiih-iiiis ilccolor. 



A UG L 'ST iif/i, 1 904. 



Mr. E. Stet, F.L.S., ]'ia'-Prcsi(lciit, in the thair. 



Mr. Ashby exhibited a specimen of Liptinis giniuiiuis, one 

 of our rarest weevils, taken at b'olkestone in Jul}-, i()04. 



Mr. West reported that during two ^\■eeks' collecting^ in 

 the New Forest, near Brockenhurst, from July loth to 2$rd, 

 he had obtained ninety-nine species of Coleoptera, twenty- 

 seven of Heteroptera, thirty-eight o( Homoptera, and a 

 few species of other orders : Straiii^dliu ijiKulri/nsciiitii, Tcle- 

 phonis tcstaccits, Pliyllobroiica quadriinacnlata, and Orchcstcs 

 iota were the most notable amongst the Coleoptera; Picroiiicnts 

 bidciis, Monantliia diinu'toniiit, aiul .)/. luiiiiitli were the best 

 Heteroptera. Of Homoptera the best capture was the very 

 rare species Olianis Ic par inns. 



Mr. H. J. Turner exhibited several fossils obtainetl at 

 Watchet in N. Somerset, from the Lias formation, including 

 small A iiniioiiitt's and shells of the genus G'rj'/'Advr, together 

 with specimens of the local " alabaster," a form of g}psum. 



Mr. Main exhibited pup^e and small larvje oiE^'crcsargiadcs, 

 from ova deposited by a female sent from South France by 

 Dr. Chapman. The larvai were feeding on the seed-pods 

 of Lotus cornicidatus, in which they bored holes and 

 extracted the seeds. He stated that the larvae were \ery 

 great cannibals and attacked the pupje as well as other larvae. 

 Both larvse and pupa^ were very difficult to see on the food- 

 plant on account of their protective resemblance. 



Mr. Priske exhibited a specimen of the British Cicada, 

 Cicaddta inoutatia taken in the New l-'orest during the lirst 

 week in August. He also exhibited a poplar kitten {Dicranitni 

 bifida) which had emerged from a lar\a obtained this year. 



Mr. Step, for Mr. Priske, exhibited a leaf of Clematis jack- 



